The Iowa class battleships (Wisconsin, New Jersey, Iowa, and Missouri) have a chance to go as a bloc this year. This has happened more often than you’d expect; all four went for Clinton in 1992 and 1996, for Reagan in 1980 and 1984, for Nixon in 1968 and 1972, for LBJ in 1964, and for Ike in 1952. In comparison, the South Dakota class (South Dakota, Indiana, Alabama, and Massachusetts) have only voted as a bloc twice; 1980 and 1984.

Here are my predictions:

Obama 378McCain 160Senate+8House+20

May God strike me down if I’m wrong on the Presidential call; seriously, it would be a lot less painful than living through four years of McCain-Palin…